I found this slice of oak on my wife’s parents farm awhile back.
It was in a ditch left out in the elements for at least 10 years.
There is a lot of different grain and colour in the wood.
The butterfly is Beech for contrast.
I only had to do some sanding, routing and apply a finish.
All in all it didn’t take long to do.

Not sure whether to make a table from it or a simple wall hanging feature.
Advise welcomed on any other options to do with it.
It’s 3ft long by 19ins.
I have an even longer piece 8ft by 19ins to work on in the future.

Turns out that its an off cut from the Dunbrody famine ship, that sits in New Ross port as a museum ( its a replica full size working boat) and reminder of awful decisions the people had to make in the 1840’s to seek out a better life in the New World or face death from starvation.
The ships were also nicknamed coffin ships as the mortality rate was very high on the perilous trip.

I was asked to make a barrier for the infants in the school to not pass a certain point on the school grounds.
Its made from 3”x2” and 3/4” WBP Plywood.
Aluminium primer was applied for protection with gloss paint used to highlight the warning sign and top rail.
Not wanting it to look to scary for the kids, i asked one the the older kids to draw a silloutte of a little girls head.
I then laminated the drawing, cut out the parts i didnt need and traced it onto 1/8” MDF.
After which i was able to use to as my template for the cut outs as there are 6 barriers in total.
The barriers are 1600mm x 1000mm.

9” x 3” red deal.
Customer wanted a rustic looking Fire surround for a stove.
I bought a 9X3 of Red Deal, planed and sanded it to 100 grade.
The inside is rebated to receive a 30mm brick.
A very enjoyable project, 8 hrs in total.

The sled is 48” x 24” and 1/2in MDF base.
Both front and rear fence’s are 3/4” WBP glued and screwed to a similiar piece, the track runs nice and smooth
and i just mitered some pine to act as a stop with the handle going through it to lock it in place.
Once tested i applied bee’s wax to the runners and base of the sled and it works well.
I must definetly attach a flexy plastic cover directly over the saw blade for extra protection.

Hi all.
This is my first attempt at one of ANDYS ART BOXES.
I started with the idea of doing it in cheap wood (white deal), getting fimiliar with the process and learning from my mistakes, of which there was many.

My biggest mistake was not sealing the wood before staining as the box was very patchy, so i kept darkening the wood with extra stain in the hope it would even out.
I used an orbital sander with P60 sanding sheet to get the shape into the wood and finished with a 120 sanding sheet done by hand ( of which i should have done more of).
I ended up putting 3 coats of red mahogony stain and 4 coats of satin varnish.
Will post photo’s of the finished box later.

I am now looking forwarding to making 2 more for my wedding in September as presents to my Mam and Mother in law.
Sorry for the poor quality of the photo’s.

I’d like to thank Andy for his easy to understand tutorial and for taking the time to share his expert craftsmanship with all on the site, i for one am very grateful to him for doing so.

This bar i made 7 years ago and it has darkened naturely after getting a clear gloss varnish finish.The panels i made on site (biscuit jointed) and i fixed them to 3/4” plywood screwed and glued from the back.
It would have looked alot nicer in hardwood, but with the price of timber in Ireland, the budget would’nt allow.

A shebeen (Irish: sibín) was originally an illicit bar or club where excisable alcoholic beverages were sold without a licence :-)

This is my first project to add here.I made it during the summer but have only now figured out how to post pictures properly.
I made it out in the garden as the shed was too small to work in so the decent weather helped me work outside.
I got the plans for it off the internet.The timber is white deal (pine).
The most tedious part of the project was drilling and plugging all the screw holes.

My lesson learned from this project is to sand completely before putting pieces together as its very difficult to get into narrow spaces once assembed.